Aidan Garrigan hauls in a pass on Saturday against Portland State.
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Bobcats Down Vikings for Homecoming Win
9/30/2023 5:43:00 PM | Football, General
Chambers sparks first-place MSU
Sean Chambers passed for three touchdowns and ran 88 yards for another to lead Montana State to a 38-22 win over Portland State on Saturday afternoon in Bozeman.
Playing under sunny skies, the Bobcats (4-1 overall, 2-0 Big Sky) broke open the Homecoming event with a dominating second half. Leading 17-14 at halftime, Chambers, Jared White and Derryk Snell took over while defensive stars Brody Grebe, Rylan Ortt and McCade O'Reilly helped shut down the Vikings (2-3, 1-1) as MSU claimed its 23 consecutive home win, the longest streak in the college football.
Chambers finished with 118 yards rushing while completing 14 of 21 passes for 143 yards. He threw two scoring passes to Snell, who led the first-place Bobcats with five catches. In the fourth quarter, Chambers iced the victory when he connected with Clevan Thomas for a 20-yard score. It was Thomas' first touchdown of 2023.
White, who had only seven yards rushing at halftime, finished with 102 yards on the ground as MSU ran for 313 yards. Overall, the third-ranked Bobcats gained 456 yards to 311 for PSU.
The Bobcats scored first on a 3-yard run by Julius Davis. The Vikings took a 7-6 lead on a 31-yard gallop by quarterback Dante Chachere in PSU's first visit to Bozeman since 2017. Chambers answered with his first scoring pass to Snell and a 21-yard field goal by Brendan Hall put MSU ahead 17-7 before Chachere scored just before halftime to trim the lead to three points. Chachere led the Vikings with 83 yards on the ground.
The only score in the third quarter came on an 88-yard race to the end zone by Chambers. Thomas, who later caught a scoring pass, sprang Chambers loose with two downfield blocks while escorting Chambers into the end zone on MSU's longest play of the season.
Snell's second scoring catch ended the Bobcats' scoring. A late touchdown by PSU's Jobi Malary accounted for the final score in front of 22, 017 happy fans, MSU's 17th straight regular season sellout.
Meanwhile, Grebe spent a lot of the afternoon in the PSU backfield, accounting for a pair of sacks and two forced fumbles. Ortt came up with an interception and he and O'Reilly combined for 16 tackles. Jon Johnson, who recovered a key fumble in last week's win at Weber State, also intercepted Chachere who finished 14 of 25 for 105 yards. Overall, MSU sacked Chachere five times.
MSU has next week off before playing host to Cal Poly on Oct. 14.
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Playing under sunny skies, the Bobcats (4-1 overall, 2-0 Big Sky) broke open the Homecoming event with a dominating second half. Leading 17-14 at halftime, Chambers, Jared White and Derryk Snell took over while defensive stars Brody Grebe, Rylan Ortt and McCade O'Reilly helped shut down the Vikings (2-3, 1-1) as MSU claimed its 23 consecutive home win, the longest streak in the college football.
Chambers finished with 118 yards rushing while completing 14 of 21 passes for 143 yards. He threw two scoring passes to Snell, who led the first-place Bobcats with five catches. In the fourth quarter, Chambers iced the victory when he connected with Clevan Thomas for a 20-yard score. It was Thomas' first touchdown of 2023.
White, who had only seven yards rushing at halftime, finished with 102 yards on the ground as MSU ran for 313 yards. Overall, the third-ranked Bobcats gained 456 yards to 311 for PSU.
The Bobcats scored first on a 3-yard run by Julius Davis. The Vikings took a 7-6 lead on a 31-yard gallop by quarterback Dante Chachere in PSU's first visit to Bozeman since 2017. Chambers answered with his first scoring pass to Snell and a 21-yard field goal by Brendan Hall put MSU ahead 17-7 before Chachere scored just before halftime to trim the lead to three points. Chachere led the Vikings with 83 yards on the ground.
The only score in the third quarter came on an 88-yard race to the end zone by Chambers. Thomas, who later caught a scoring pass, sprang Chambers loose with two downfield blocks while escorting Chambers into the end zone on MSU's longest play of the season.
Snell's second scoring catch ended the Bobcats' scoring. A late touchdown by PSU's Jobi Malary accounted for the final score in front of 22, 017 happy fans, MSU's 17th straight regular season sellout.
Meanwhile, Grebe spent a lot of the afternoon in the PSU backfield, accounting for a pair of sacks and two forced fumbles. Ortt came up with an interception and he and O'Reilly combined for 16 tackles. Jon Johnson, who recovered a key fumble in last week's win at Weber State, also intercepted Chachere who finished 14 of 25 for 105 yards. Overall, MSU sacked Chachere five times.
MSU has next week off before playing host to Cal Poly on Oct. 14.
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